Ipython’s “Do you really want to exit?”

Posted by meisterluk on 2010.04.23 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

Ipython’s request “Do you really want to exit? (n/[y]) ” when trying to close a session, is really annoying to me. Due to lack of HowTos, I will post my (pretty nice) solution:

vim ~/.ipython/ipythonrc

… and edit line number 196:

# confirm_exit: set to 1 if you want IPython to confirm when you try to exit
# with an EOF (Control-d in Unix, Control-Z/Enter in Windows). Note that using
# the magic functions %Exit or %Quit you can force a direct exit, bypassing
# any confirmation.

confirm_exit 0

If confirm_exit is set to Zero, you will be able to terminate the session via Ctrl+D.